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Here at Music Without Labels we do our best at providing you with some of the top independent music worldwide, which is why I've decide to show some love and promote the main industry that helps manage these artists' insanely busy music schedules; Independent Record Labels! Now this list is in no particular order so their is no hierarchy of which label is better than the next. This is an independent community so it's our job as indie people to promote quality independent music equally together. We will continue to promote the Independent Record Labels in this new series. Hope this comes as a great reference, and please stay tuned for more:
1. Toolroom records
Label Genre(s): Dance (HOUSE)
Description: Being started by one of the United Kingdoms' largest dance DJs in Mark Knight, it was certain to be a hit immediately following their release to the world in 2003. After 8 years the label has continuously gained international recognition for it's unprecedented release of non-stop quality, throughout the entire dance spectrum. Their focus on originality and funk influenced HOUSE has really brought them to the level they are today having taken a stronghold on their niche from the beginning.
Artist Count: 46 active
Beat-Play Feature(s): Having had one of Music Without Labels favorite HOUSE DJs in the game made it a bit of an easier decision when trying to figure which labels should be on the list. We all know Mark Knight is a genius (the guy started toolroom! duh) but Toronto, Canada native progressive-house DJ DeadMau5 has set a whole new standard for the work ethic of a modern day House DJ, which was sure to have helped propel Toolroom Records down their long road to success. It was bit tough to pick a track here since we've posted DeadMau5 about 8 times on here, but it was decided that everyone enjoys some "HR 8938 Cephei"
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
2. Sumerian records
Label Genre(s): Metal | Hardcore | Rock
Description: Coming from both sides of the United States in LA and DC, co-founders Ash Avildsen and Shawn Keith have managed to open the independent heavy metal market not only domestically but internationally as well with their first non-US band, Fellsilent, signing back in 2008. Sumerian was created 'by artists, for artists' which has continued to help ship their music to the top of the metal genre, representing 25 bands with endless potential. The labels' ability to expand their demographic early has surely given them the edge they've needed in the grueling music industry of today. More recently Sumerian has worked with the video game series Rock Band to provide music to their network. Songs by Asking Alexandria have made it into the mix already in the past and you can expect to hear more in the latest production with groups Veil of Maya and After the Burial.
Artist Count: 25 current
Beat-Play Feature(s): A bit earlier this year we were halted by a follower on our Facebook page by the fact that we hadn't posted metal music in awhile. After digging into some newer metal tracks I was more than pleased to come across Sumerians own Chicago, IL band Born Of Osiris with their latest single release entitled "Follow The Signs". Since the release of the song in February the band has completed their full-length album "The Discovery" which dropped in the later days of March. Here is "Follow The Signs" by Born of Osiris:
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
3. Stones Throw records
Label Genre(s): Mostly Hip-Hop
Description: Stones Throw was created in 1996 by San Jose, CA native Chris Manak, aka DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, to originally produce and distribute music he had recorded with his best friend and fellow artist Charizma, who had been killed 3 years earlier. With that being said this label is very personal to Chris and has gained countless recognition and the overwhelming addition of 44 more artists than day one of Stones Throw Records back in '96. The success of the label has come primarily from the approval of Chris Manak in all music represented. As the executive producer, he picks what he likes, and that's the final decision, and main key to their ongoing success. It's that old school vibe that keeps them alive, with artists like Mayer Hawthorne and Aloe Blacc who so smoothly bring old into the new with everything they do, from music, to merch, to design, and videos, this is a cool class of music with a lot to offer.
Artist Count: 44 all-time
Beat-Play Feature(s): So I had to add the "(s)" on the end there specifically for these guys because we have posted many tracks from Stones Throw and would like to share 2 with you right here. Mayer Hawthorne and Aloe Blacc are just non-stop turning heads all across America, each having albums released by Stones Throw early this year, they've seen much hype with their videos and multiple hit singles. With two tracks to play let's jump right into it:
Aloe Blacc – "I Need A Dollar"
Mayer Hawthorne – "No Strings"
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
4. Sub pop records
Label Genre(s): Indie Rock | Alternative | Punk Rock
Description: Created by Bruce Pavitt in the early 80s as a fanzine (non-official fan magazine of independent musicians) called Subterranean Pop this label has undergone some pretty influential transitions throughout their long journey to the top of the independent label scene. Today Sub Pop Records is one of the leading producers and distributors for independent rock, with 2 Platinum and Gold Records from past artists such as Nirvana, The Postal Service, The Shins, and Flight Of The Conchords, it comes without question why such high interest has been carried out throughout the years. Some of today's biggest names in indie rock still call Sub Pop their home as the fans continue to hear hit after hit.
Artist Count: 71 active
Beat-Play Feature(s): With 71 active artists it's really tough to try and pick one out and go with it as your best choice, so this is not my best choice, just a damn good song like the long list of others Sub Pop has to offer. Fleet Foxes bring a great deal of originality to the modern music scene, and sometimes their old soul makes it difficult to appreciate at first, but with the release of their latest album "Helplessness Blues" we've seen a great deal of excitement stir up about the group. Here is the title track off their new album:
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
5. easy star records
Label Genre(s): Reggae | DUB
Description: These guys are an absolutely unstoppable force in the reggae scene today with an incredible talent pool in their list of artists. Music Without Labels has had the pleasure of working with a number of these artists, including Cas Haley, Easy Star All Stars, John Brown's Body, and The Black Seeds, writing reviews and capturing live concert photos for them in our select cities. The earlier in-house productions of Easy Star All Stars brought 3 best-selling reggae albums of the decade, giving Easy Star Records the glory moment they needed to transition into that next step as an independent label. After capturing an impressive sound they knew people loved, it was at that time where they began focusing on other artists as well as themselves. Having that re-inventive reggae niche on hold in the Easy Star All Stars, bringing in progressive, classic, and modern reggae proved to be an essential decision for where they've come to be.
Beat-Play Feature(s): As mentioned in the 'Description' above, we have done many types of promotions for Easy Star Records' artists, from album and song reviews to live concert photography. The Easy Star All Stars brought a whole new world to the reggae scene with the release of their Beatles and Pink Floyd classic full-album reggae/dub remixes in "DUB Side Of The Moon" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts DUB Band". Since it is Easy Star All Stars show here, I'm going to go ahead and choose a track by them along with a link to their concert photos. Here is one of my personal favorites by Pink Floyd and now Easy Star All Stars, "Money" (The Alchemist Remix).
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
6. partisan records
Label Genre(s): Folk | Alternative | Country | Experimental
Description: Being one of the younger independent labels in our list of longtime forces, this Brooklyn, NY label has quickly made a name for itself within it's short 4 year life-span. Partisan Records brings a different style to the record label business, encouraging their artist to create and share their own sound and stories, indicative in the labels' wide-range of genres. This sense of originality is the key to their fast growth in such a competitive market, harnessing some of the great indie artists of today in, Deer Tick, Dolorean, Holy Sons, Paleo, Middle Brother, and Mountain Man. Expect to see much more from this label in the near future including new artists, videos, music, merchandise, etc…
Beat-Play Feature(s): It was just the early part of March when we were blessed with the joyous ring of Middle Brother and their self-titled hit track "Middle Brother". A driven group of musicians in search of their next great sound, the band consists of John J. McCauley of Deer Tick, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, and Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit. The fun-filled tone they bring with their first release was a sure hit, joining that classic oldies vibe with the popular folk sounds of today.
Middle Brother – "Middle Brother"
Contact Link: Website | Facebook | Twitter
7. Alpha pup records
Label Genre(s): Experimental | Creative | Adventurous
Description: This isn't your normal independent label. Or should I say labels? Alpha Pup Records has made it's mark in the music industry by perfecting the art of collaboration, not only bringing artists together but harnessing 40 independent labels under one outstanding network. This is the sort of collaboration you expect from a label pumping out tracks for artists such as P-Funk All Stars, Hello Morning, dak, Busdriver and many more.
Artist Count: 160 active
Beat-Play Feature(s): With such a long list of artists it's kind of hard to miss an Alpha Pup client when promoting the independent world. We've featured a number of theirs including Abstract Rude, Nosaj Thing, and Shlohmo. Being big fans of electronic music, Shlohmo had caught our attention earlier this year with the release of "Places".
Shlohmo – "Places"
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
8. Hopeless records
Labels Genre(s): Alternative | Punk | Pop | Rock | Metal
Description: Spending a majority of their focus on the independent punk scene Hopeless Records has owned this sound, claiming the top spot of the punk record labels since their early 90s start. Some of the greatest artists in punk rock and metal during the mid 2000 era were represented by Hopeless. Aritsts including Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Yellowcard, All Time Low, and Silverstein were putting in some serious work to help take the new label to it's forefront of being one of the great independent labels. With the recent addition of Yellowcard, it is expected to see them reach another milestone in the near future with this incredible collaboration.
Artist Count: 15 active
Beat-Play Feature(s): After leaving the spot-light they had earned through Capital Records in 2008, Yellowcard decided to rejoice with the indie world and post up with none-other than Los Angeles, California's Hopeless Records. They followed up their longtime run of major label success with the amazing production of their latest independent album release, "When You Are Finished, Say Yes". Here is their hit featured on The Beat-Play Experiment:
Yellowcard – "For You, And Your Denial"
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
9. ghostly international
Label Genre(s): Experimental | New Age | Everything
Description: With 12 years in the game this Ann Arbor, Michigan label has managed to capture an entire style through the many different forms of expression art has to offer. Ghostly International isn't just about music but the art within music and everything that comes with that art including their roles in design, clothing, technology, innovation, and publishing. They represent a plethora of genres that all seem to fit a similar expression or feeling within the overall tone or message of their art.
Artist Count: 15 active
Beat-Play Feature(s): I am unfortunately unable to provide any tracks from the Beat-Play Experiment archive, but you can guarantee a few tracks throughout the year. One of my personal favorites, being Com Truise, has been on the fence for an artist review for a couple months now and it's probably about time to pull the trigger on that. To show some love to the electronic expertise of Com Truise here is his track "Pyragony".
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
10. vicious Recordings
Genre Label(s): Dance | Electronic | HOUSE
Description: With over 18 years of experience in the dance music game, this Melbourne, Australia label has perfected the industry, producing some of the top HOUSE DJs of the world in Avicii, Mind Electric, and butterBOX. Founders and Producer/DJs Andy Van and John Course have an energy that is unprecedented in the electronic dance scene, helping them gain the attention of many up and coming house DJs from all over the world including, the US, Sweden, Australia, Indonesia, and many other countries.
Artist Count: 15 active
Beat-Play Feature(s): Being a huge fan of the growing HOUSE scene from Europe, Avicii has continued to capture our ears here on The Beat-Play Experiment with hit after hit. So we've probably featured 3 tracks so far on the blog by Avicii and it's pretty hard to determine which one is the best, but judging by the stats, the people love to hear "ID + Vocal". In this new dance era the progressive sound of Avicii has proven to be the best joining an eclectic group of DJs such as DeadMau5 and Benny Bennasi.
Contact Links: Website | Facebook | Twitter
Written By: Mark G. Valente | @MarkwithMWL | Music Without Labels & Beat-Play, LLC


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In 2007, the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians began a three-year ANA Environmental Regulatory Enhancement project to improve the tribe's capacity to analyze the impact of future land development projects on the Hopland reservation's environment.
A five-person team conducted plant and animal inventories, studied the health of streams, and mapped vegetation and habitat, producing detailed species lists, maps, and a photographic guide for mammals and other wildlife, a plant herbarium with over 950 plants, and comprehensive wildlife and botanical resources reports.
Using aerial photography, on-the-ground field mapping, and geographic information systems (GIS) software, they also created maps to identify vegetation patterns, sensitive vegetation and wildlife areas, and 17 illegal solid waste dumpsite areas on the reservation.
During the last two years of the project, project staff and local partners conducted eight Master Naturalist workshops to educate 32 tribal members on traditional ecological knowledge, reservation ecology, and sustainable environmental practices, and trained three tribal members in data collection and environmental monitoring activities.
In the final year of the project, team members worked with tribal leaders to develop a new environmental review process, enabling the tribe to more efficiently conduct impact assessments, improve its permitting process, and monitor future development and zoning.
Team members feel that the project enhanced the tribe's ability to prevent land, air, and water pollution; restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat; ensure the survival of native plants; motivate tribal members to take an active role in protecting the environment; and preserve tribal culture and seasonal connections to the land.

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(There's even a Darth Vadar pillow!
We are falling deep into a Star Wars obsession around here.
Mine doesn't stand a chance compared to Darth.)
And those of you who endured a few posts about it. Bless you and thank you.
Haha! Thanks for linking up my Darth pillow! I think your pillow is just lovely. 🙂
I may be a bit of a romantic but I love your hearts. The Darth pillow is fun thought.
My 4 year old is seriously getting into Star Wars too! He also loves Legos so when he got his first Star Wars Legos for Valentine's Day, he was so excited. He's since spent hours building his own version of the rest of the spaceships.
I love your pillow.

Glad the auction for your friend was a success! I love seeing people band together, merge their talents and creativity, and benefit others.
I love this pillow – it's simple beauty.
I love your blog. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful and usefull things. I'll be back…
whahaha the darth vader is cute hihi
I love hearts and I love bunting so this design is just gorgeous!
This is wonderful! I love it!


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Our pick for eCard of the week this week is Rain or Shine. This pretty eCard is a perfect send for someone you're thinking about. Friends and family are always there for us – through the good and the bad, and especially in the in between. This eCard is a great representation of that. Blue Mountain artist Drew King beautifully designed this card with a sweet sentiment in mind.
From just-because eCards and friendship eCards, to talking eCards and birthday eCards – Blue Mountain is here to help keep you connected to everyone you love and care about!


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When Mark Twain published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876, a Canadian publisher pirated it which negatively affected its sales in the US and overseas. The bootlegged edition of the books proved to be more popular due to th8eir cheap price. Twain learned from this so he wanted to make sure that this wouldn't happen to him again. In 1884, he concocted a plan that would hopefully make his next book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a sales success.
Twain published Huck through his own publishing company managed by his nephew Charles L. Webster. The plan was to keep the books off the market until Webster received a total of 40,000 preorders. Twain theorized that high early sales would create a good press which would then snowball into more sales. This would also prevent the pirates from obtaining a copy of the book before the initial sales were completed.
But reality has a way to turn any plan into ashes. Estes and Lauriat, a Boston publisher, somehow appropriated the book's manuscript. In December 1884, while browsing Estes and Lauriat's catalog, Twain saw an advertisement for his yet to be published book: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, now ready, for $2.25." This ad was released two months before the authorized edition became available to the market for $2.75.
While his nephew was surprised, Twain was furious. He sued the publisher despite her wife's objection. The case went to the United States Circuit Court in Boston and Judge Le Baron Colt presided it. On February 10, 1885, the judgment came, and yes, Twain lost the case.
So, it was now Twain who was surprised. He was silent about the case for some time but later, he made the following public statement about the judge who allowed the publisher,
to sell property which does not belong to him but to me — property which he has not bought and I have not sold. Under this same ruling, I am now advertising the judge's homestead for sale; and if I make as good a sum out of it as I expect, I shall go on and sell the rest of his property.
As for making The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn into a bestseller, Twain eventually succeeded. Nonetheless, it took him a few years as opposed to a few months that he first envisioned. Furthermore, as we now know, Huck would become Twain's bestselling book, selling more than 20 million copies over the years.


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I have built a form input page in HTML that has an action to post to an ASP handler/processor .asp file. The form handler/processor .asp file contains only <% Insert VBScript Here %> and no HTML output whatsoever.
The .asp file was never intended to be a "web viewable" .asp file like an .asp home page file or html file would. It's supposed to be for my eyes only- not the public's however it does need to take info posted by the public and do something with it on it's end.
I have used VBScript/ASP3.0 to build the form handler/processor file and would like to know how to keep someone from viewing the actual VBScript in the handler/processor .asp file. I am aware of obfuscation but I would like to know how to keep prying eyes from even being able to take a look at the obfuscated code in the handler/processor file.
I realize that the server executes the .asp file first before outputting anything to the browser so I guess that my main concern is mostly that someone may could "download" the form handler/processor .asp file, then view it's contents on their machine.
Assuming the form handler .asp file is where it is, behind the root, and is on a windows server (no htaccess approach) how could one protect it so that it could never be viewed or simply pulled down via anonymous ftp or something like that?
Is there something like "script only" permissions that the system administrator could set up for a particular folder? Remember, with shared hosting I can't go above the root. If so, would the form still be able to post?
How would any of you guys go about protecting the asp file in addition to obfuscation? Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team captured their sixth consecutive Skyline Conference Championship after a 3-1 victory over top-seeded Mount Saint Mary College in the Skyline Finals.
The Rams traveled to Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. for the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Tournament. Farmingdale State faced Williams in the first round and trailed 1-0 at half before eventually falling 2-0. The Rams finished the season with a 13-8 overall record.
Sophomore defender Andrea Kiefer (Centereach, N.Y.) was named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-Star, while senior forward Corine Magee (Mastic, N.Y.) and senior midfielder Christina Merrill (Levittown, N.Y.) also both earned First Team honors. Senior defender Jillian Lasota (Massapequa, N.Y.), senior midfielder Theresa Martorano (Commack, N.Y.), freshman forward Ashlee Thompson (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) and freshman goalkeeper Breanna Blair (Littleton, Colo.) were named to the Second Team.
Thompson had a team-high 10 goals, while Merrill scored nine and had a team-leading nine assists for 27 points. Magee was third on the team with six goals, including four game-winning scores, while Martorano and senior forward Carly Schneider (Merrick, N.Y.) each tallied four scores.
Kiefer was named the Skyline Conference Tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Sophomore defender Samantha Kender (Farmingdale, N.Y.) will join Kiefer as team captains for the upcoming 2013 season.
The Rams will be graduating six seniors this year.


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Fact: After years of too much pizza and beer, every time I exhale, my esophagus plays Merry Had a Little Lamb. Now PillCams have seen a major upgrade that will allow scientists-who've long been wanting to study my ravaged GI tract in hopes of developing a superior race of competitive eaters-to check out my esophagus and stomach for far longer than the four seconds it usually takes to swallow a pill.
While details are light on just how the pill manages to hang out in your esophagus for up to 10 minutes even when the patient is sitting up (magnets seem to be involved), the doctor can use a remote to steer the camera armed with LED flash to grab the perfect digestive glamor shots. After that, the pill takes a ride through your stomach and intestines before making a crash water landing.
Clinical trials are already under way. And as unpleasant as having a pill poking away at my chest may sound, it's a lot more enticing than being scoped...from either direction. [fraunhofer via medgadget]


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Roswell grad Shiri Appleby is expecting her first child this spring, Us Weekly reports.
Both Appleby and fiancé, chef Jon Shook, are keeping the baby's gender a surprise. "He really wanted to do it and it sounded like fun," the actress told the magazine. "It's really made the whole pregnancy a heightened excitement because you just don't know what it's going to be!"
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Appleby, 34, is five months along with the unborn child, whom they call "Baby Shook" and has had a "really easy pregnancy," she told Us Weekly.
Appleby and Shook, 31, got engaged in July during a trip to Italy. Best known for her role on the WB teen alien drama, Appleby also starred on Life Unexpected and recurs on Chicago Fire as the pregnant ex-girlfriend of Shay (Lauren German).


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As the cooking pot is heated on a stove top or in a microwave oven (if it is made for microwave use), superheated steam is produced under pressure to cook the food. The air within the pot is heated to a very high temperature (above the boiling point), allowing air pressure and steam to build inside and cook foods faster at higher temperatures. As the pressure increases the hot steam is forced through the food to cook it thoroughly.
Since this process allows a higher temperature to be maintained, it results in faster cooking times that are typically only one-third of what conventional methods require. Nutrients and flavors are retained and higher temperatures may eliminate potential bacterial dangers when vegetables and meats are cooked using this method. Cooking with steam pressure is a method that works well to tenderize some cuts of meat or to make steamed puddings, desserts, soups, and various types of stew. Pressure cookers, referred to as pressure canners are used for canning and preserving foods that need to be heated to very high temperatures and sealed air tight in glass containers.


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Valuation multiples have fallen. Everyone knows it. The industries hit the hardest are healthcare and IT according to data collected from Standard & Poors (see below).
Last year, multiples sky rocketed, a response to so much credit floating in the market, which allowed many fund managers to aggressively pursue deals. This led to very high bussiness valuations as so much money was chasing each deal. In 2008, the flurry of activity led to the most private equity deals done in one year and the greatest amount of capital invested in private companies. Not news. But what is interesting these days, is that the $1 Trillion of uninvested capital in the private equity market is poised to gush into the market soon enough.
However, maybe not soon enough for some. To get a better sense of the loss in value, the chart below shows the average market valuation multiple. Obviously, we're wading through an aberration, but for business owners looking to raise equity capital, seeing the value their business cut by half, in some cases, simply because of seemingly external forces, is a difficult pill to swallow.
There are, however, financial structuring alternatives that can preserve the value that has been painstakingly established over time. The reason for this is the flexibility offered in the private market. In public deals there are regulatory issues, such as the 10% insider rule (requiring shareholder approvals) or warrant prices which must be fixed, which confine the possibilities of how to preserve and realize shareholder value. In private deals, there is far more flexibility, which can likely overcome the majority of losses seen in the markets today.


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
Thomas Rhett has this great new song, "Beer With Jesus." And every time I hear it, I wonder where I would take Jesus for a cold one. Probably Joe's Bar in Chicago. And probably on a night Rhett was playing. But if Rhett could actually live out the song, he told CMT Radio exactly where he'd take Him to ask all those questions. ("How'd you turn the other cheek to save a sorry soul like me? Have you been there from the start? How'd you change a sinner's heart? And is heaven really just beyond the stars?") Rhett says, "If Jesus was here today walking in the flesh like He was back when He was here, I mean, I would probably take him down to the Flying Saucer [near downtown Nashville] and order up a Newcastle and just pick his brain about life and ask him if I'm doing all right and ask him how some of the people in my life that are close to me that have died, how they're doing in heaven." I haven't seen the video yet, but I loved Rhett's first one ("Something to Do With My Hands" ), so I can't wait to see this one. I wonder if anybody got to portray Jesus.


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As a TV newscaster in Wisconsin, Jennifer Livingston is used to being in the public eye. And as part of the gig, she often gets messages from viewers – some praising and some less-than-praising – about the job she's doing. But when one letter hit a bit too personally, she couldn't let it fade away in the trash bin. Livingston took the opportunity to deliver a rare on-camera takedown against the bully.
Livingston, an anchor for WKBT, the CBS affiliate in La Crosse, Wisc., began the segment as any other: professionally, almost unassumingly, delivered as the nightly news would be. She pulled up a letter from a viewer, with the innocuous subject line "Community responsibility." But once she dove into the text of the letter, it became clear this wasn't a kind-hearted letter. The writer, who explained he wasn't a frequent viewer of Livingston's show, expressed disdain that her "physical condition hasn't improved for many years" and noted that she has a "responsibility as a local public personality to present and promote a healthy lifestyle."
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In her eloquent response, Livingston confidently noted that it wasn't the viewer's obesity critique that forced her to sound off. "Do you think I don't know that?" she railed, confidently and unapologetically. Instead, she took the opportunity to deliver a humbling public service announcement, noting that October is National Anti-Bullying Month.
Before taking to the airwaves, she exchanged a few emails with the man, later identified as local lawyer Kenneth Krause. But Krause kept insulting her, she told Poynter. The comment that drove her to sound off was one that called her a bad role model: "Surely you don't consider yourself a suitable example for this community's young people, girls in particular."
As the mother of three young girls, Livingston wondered about those in her community and how such comments affect them. "I have a very thick skin," she explained on-air, "and that man's words mean nothing to me… But this behavior is learned – it is passed down from people like the man who wrote me that email."
(MORE: When Bullying Turns Deadly: Can It Be Stopped?)
The backlash against Krause's letter actually began days earlier, when Livingston's husband Mike Thompson, also a TV personality at WKBT, posted the lawyer's note on his Facebook page. Over the weekend hundreds of people expressed shock and anger to the note. Many said they could relate to Livingston's humiliation. Thompson said he never thought his post would strike a chord with so many people.
So, on Monday night, after putting her girls to sleep, Livingston decided to do more than shrugging off the insult. She decided to address Krause's attack on her show. And the powerful message she gleaned from Facebook was prominently reflected in her segment: "Do not let your self-worth be defined by bullies. Learn from my experience — that the cruel words of one are nothing compared to the shouts of many."
Indeed, Livingston's very public takedown of the bully became her "community responsibility." And with poise, she delivered.
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Today, I would like to start a new series about chanting mantras. I felt this is an important topic / series to write because a lot of my readers are hooked with getting amulets. I know that the Vajrapani Ruel enjoys a certain amount of popularity amongst my readers and it has garnered a lot of o personal testimonies attesting to its miraculous power and effectiveness. However, the sad truth is that the Vajrapani Ruel is quite pricey for a lot of people, and more than that it is also relatively quite limited in the sense that it is not forever that we can have it. Not to mention the difficulty in making it and smuggling it out of Tibet, which is under the Mainland Chinese (China) rule that doesn't allow it to be made or be brought out. So if you have the Vajrapani Ruel, consider yourself to be very lucky.
But as I said, sometimes we are very caught up to having the Vajrapani Ruel that if can't have it we sort of go into some sort of despair. That shouldn't be the attitude because the truth is the Buddha Himself has given us enough tools to assist us in our daily life. We have the sutras and at the same times we have the mantras.
It was several years back since I first introduced the power of mantras to my readers, and I will not write about it again. If you are a new reader and is not familiar with the power of mantras, I suggest you revisit my old post about it entitled – MANTRA: THE INSTURMENT TO TAP THE POWER OF SYMBOLIC SOUND, SCRIPT, AND THOUGHT – to know more about it.
But what I would like to reiterate today is that chanting mantras, again like reciting the sutras, should be done comfortably loud. That is because of the same reasons that I have discussed in RECITE A SUTRA 6: WHY DO WE HAVE TO LOUDLY RECITE SUTRAS? However, more that the reason discussed in the preceding post, reciting it loudly also helps us get attuned with the Buddha or Bodhisattva whose mantra we are chanting.
Whenever we chant a mantra, it is like an offering to the Buddha or Bodhisattva whose mantra we are chanting, but at the same time it is also like a call for help and establishing a link or a 'relationship' with them.
Chanting a mantra can make wonders, and this blog has been testament to what are the powers of chanting a mantra can do. But now that I'm actively writing about it again, I hope to show you more of these wonderful miracles that simply chanting a mantra can do.
A lot of people are concern about properly pronouncing the mantra. I always say that they shouldn't sweat it that much. Right pronunciation is important but it will come to you sooner or later, what is more important is the sincere heart in chanting the mantras. I suggest that you read the post entitled – A HERMIT AND A MONK: A LESSON IN RECITING YOUR MANTRA! – as to what Lama Zopa Rinpoche has to say about pronunciation of the mantras.
But what are the benefits of chanting a mantra:
- Protection.
- Wealth, financial, money blessings.
- Good health.
- Family luck and/or relationship luck.
- Happiness.
- Peace.
- Miracles will happen more frequently.
I also decided to write this series because the previous mantras that I have shared before are anchored on the Buddha or Bodhisattva, which is really the proper way to present a mantra. However, having a predominantly Christian reader, I felt this approach is not very effective in making you understand it. So I will present the mantras on a per need basis. And whenever possible I will still present stories, real personal testimonies of either readers or friends or families who have used the mantra. I will also present combination mantras for more effective and swifter results.
One last thing, simply chanting a mantra will have an effect, but remember, chanting it under deep meditative state give you the ultimate effectiveness.
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First year of college and university can be a pain for a lot of people, especially for those who have taken a year off school, and are coming into school not having the proper study habits because they spent a whole year goofing around.
I was one of these people. But once you start college and you come home with a week's worth of heavy loaded homework, it's really hard to find that gaming time that we're all so used to. I'm not saying that we have to sacrifice gaming completely, but I've found that my hours spent on my PS3 were definitely limited this year.
You kind of learn something about "time" itself once you start your first year of continuing education. You learn that its very precious and you have to utilize it with maximum effectiveness.
Unfortunately, you learn another dark reality as a gamer. It's very hard to play all those games that were on your "to play list." I have a diary/journal where I keep track of things going on in my life, and inside the 63rd page, there is a list of games that I "have to play." It turns out that, that list needed to be nerfd down. It's not that I want to get rid of a lot of games on my list, and it's not that I lost interest in a particular game. But it's simply the fact that I just don't have the opportunity and time anymore.
There were so many games on my playlist such as:
Shadows of the Damned
Black Ops 2
Darkness 2
and tons and tons of more games.
But most of my time is used up of mandatory studying and homework, and that's something I obviously noticed. That's why I had to take out a lot of games off the "play list." I had to narrow my games down to the "best" ones out there, and only play the ones I was most excited for.
Its really hard to play everything good that comes out. I had to completely scrape off Skyrim and GTA4 from my list because of the amount of content in those games. Obviously they are quality and quantity games, but its just not realistic to play those types of open world and "quest populated" games when you have so much work to do. Even if I do choose to play one of these games, I would have to just stick to one game at a time, and who knows how long that'll be. With the amount of homework I'm getting, I'd probably be able to beat GTA4 by the time I graduate....
Whats worse is that I'm the kind of person that has to study as much as possible because I'm naturally a slow learner. For someone, chapter 4 of Marketing may take an hour to understand everything. For me, it might take 2 hours.
My dad got me Borderlands 2 as a gift and I've only poured 3 hours into that game. Its just hard to play the open world genres. Maybe it'll change, I don't know. But what is for sure is that I've been forced to limit my games to only ones that I REALLY want to play. And the ones that are on my list are games that are short in length.
I'm wondering if there's anyone out there that has the same sort of workload I do? How do you guys manage your gaming time? Do you feel that you have to limit yourself to the number of games that you want to actually play? Because I do, and its usually because I'm forced to.
My main problem at college is a lot of the time I spend gaming is mixed with social life, I'm usually either playing smash bros, ps all stars, or bad company 2 with people. Leaves less time for the sp games.
Still though I have had plenty of time for games overall at college. I managed to get some of the easier teachers, and besides that I went to a fairly difficult college prep high school, so I was pretty prepared for the work.
How much work do you have to do though? And how devastating are the tests? I've sort of learned how to manage the amount of studying I need to do on a class by class basis, and I try to leave the unnecessary or irrelevant material the class goes over out.
This makes me a little worried, as I was just accepted to my college of choice but I definitely do not want to sacrifice the time I spend playing games. I like to think that I am a pretty fast learner, and hopefully my game time will not be cut due to the amount of work I get.
I can't believe you cut GTA4 and Skyrim from your list. Really great games.
You really learn to love "humble bundles" and Steam sales when shelling out almost every dollar to your name on education.
I play very few games during term time, only on the occasional Friday night. I still look around for good deals, and if I do have a weekend for myself I usually play through one of the games I haven't finished yet, but generally I wait until the Holidays to actually play my single player games.
I tend to spend a very minimal amount of time studying. This is simply because it bores me quickly. I know, I'm an awful student, but the compulsion to play games is greater than the compulsion to have a good career.


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Location: Environmental Microbial & Food Safety LaboratoryTitle: Comparative survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Murine Norovirus on spinach plants
|Ferguson, Sean
|East, Cheryl - Roberts
|Handy, Eric
|BARAK, JERI - University Of Wisconsin
|KNIEL, KALI - University Of Delaware
|Sharma, Manan
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
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Publication Acceptance Date: 3/22/2013
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Technical Abstract: Introduction: Outbreaks resulting from the consumption of leafy greens contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., and norovirus have occurred. It is unclear how the stress response factor rpoS in E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. affects their survival on spinach. Purpose: A comparison of the survival of E .coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and murine norovirus (MNV) under the same conditions on spinach plants was performed. Materials and Methods: Five week-old spinach (Menorca, semi-savoy) plants were co-inoculated with 6 logCFU/plant of each of the following strains: wild-type (wtO157) E. coli O157:H7, wt S. Typhimurium (wtST), and rpoS-deficient mutants of wt E. coli O157:H7 (rpoSO157) and S. Typhimurium (rpoSST). MNV was inoculated on the same spinach plants at 10^6 PFU/plants. Wt and rpoS-deficient strains were enumerated from plant homogenates on selective media either directly or by MPN. Five plants per day were analyzed on days 0–4. The presence of MNV was also determined on day 0 and day 3. Results: Initial populations of all bacterial strains were 4.3 –4.5 logCFU/plant on day 0. Populations of wtST and wtO157 declined by 3.1 and 3.9 logCFU/plant, respectively; rpoSO157 and rpoSST declined by 3.9 and 4.7 logCFU/plant, respectively over 4 days. Populations of rpoSO157:H7 and rpoSST were 2 logCFU/plant lower than paired wtO157 and wtST on day 1. Populations of wtO157 strains were significantly (p< 0.05) higher than those of both rpoS-deficient strains on day 2 and significantly higher than wtST, rpoSO157, and rpoSST on day 3. MNV were assayed and recovered on day 0 and day 3. Significance: The rpoS gene may be more important to S. Typhimurium survival on spinach than E. coli O157:H7. Both wt and rpoS-deficient E. coli O157:H7 strains survived at higher populations than wt and rpoS-deficient S. Typhimurium. MNV persists for at least 3 days on the foliar surface of spinach plants.


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By DAVID GREEN
Perhaps the most important election for Lenawee County.
That's the way Doug Kapnick views the county's Proposal 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Kapnick, who serves as chair of the Lenawee Jobs Now committee, visited Morenci last week to drum up support for the millage proposal that would levy 0.28 mills four years. The levy would cost $14 a year for the owner of a home valued at $100,000.
If passed by voters, the levy would bring in an estimated $880,000 to promote economic development and job creation in Lenawee County. Morenci property owners would send more than $14,000 toward Lenawee Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) efforts, far more than the $3,600 that city council now contributes.
Employment conditions are changing in Michigan and around the world, Kapnick said, and Lenawee County needs to be able to take advantage of the possibilities.
Michigan's favorability rating for business development is moving in a positive direction, he said, and developers are looking favorably at the state.
Michigan has ample manufacturing facilities ready to be used, an excellent supply of fresh water, and a skilled labor force. The Rust Belt is being rediscovered.
"There are about 24 companies looking at Lenawee County," Kapnick said. "We need to be able to respond and sell them on Lenawee County."
The LEDC operates on a combination of government and private dollars, with about twice as much coming from public sources. Due to falling property values and government budget shortfalls, funding is also falling for the LEDC, and that's coming at a bad time, Kapnick said.
About 6,000 jobs have been lost in the county in the last five years and census figures show a drop in population of about 10,000 people. The numbers of public school students lost is equal to that of the Tecumseh school district, the second largest in the county.
The LEDC has been active in meeting with businesses, helping make connections between businesses to benefit each other, offering entrepreneurial programs, and helping to retain and attract business. Kapnick said more is needed.
"We've not had the money to promote ourselves," he said, "and we have a lot to sell."
LEDC president Jim Gartin said that developers have favored the southwest United States in recent years, but he's seeing action returning to the Midwest. He's even heard about overseas expansion returning to the United States as foreign employment and shipping costs rise.
Manufacturing skills, a transportation network, facilities, quality schools and job training opportunities—Lenawee County has a lot to sell, Kapnick said, and the LEDC needs to act now.
Members of the Lenawee Jobs Now committee have been engaged in an extensive campaign to promote the levy by scheduling forums throughout the county and visiting organizations, senior centers, etc.
"We've discovered that if people don't understand it, they're just going to see it as another tax increase," Kapnick said. "We have the opportunity to change things for the next generation. This may be the most important election for Lenawee County."


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|James Carscallen Declaration
One was the Declaration of James Carscallen (on left). It begins with "I, James Carscallen, of Napanee, Co. of Lennox & Addington, manufacturer..." and continues with the statement that he is the son of Edward R. Carscallen who died December 1871.
The declaration states that Edward Carscallen had 8 sons: George, Alexander Williamson, Thomas, Craig Luke, Edward, Metcalf, William and James.
|March 1884 Carscallen Documents
There is much more detail in the document as to what has happened to the land and why he is offering his declaration.
A two-page letter dated March 14, 1884 from W. G. Wilson, Soliciter addressed to "My dear Gibson" was also in this bundle. It is regarding the lease of land to William Carscallen.
The letter names heirs of E. R. Carscallen, namely Fanny, his wife, and a son James. A Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews is also mentioned along with a request for money to be sent to her. A scribbled notation in the margin adds "she is an old lady about 80"
The last paper in this bundle is dated March 21, 1884 and is on letterhead of W. S. Williams, US Consular Agent. It is addressed to Robison, O'Brien & Gibson, Barristers, Toronto Ontario. It is in regard to the execution against the land in William Carscallen's name.
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Research on the Carscallen family on Ancestry.com reveals a great deal of information about them. Edward Riggs Carscallen married Frances (Fanny) Moss and lived in Richmond Twp, Lennox & Addington Co. Ontario. He is found on the 1851 census living beside Rebecca Parks and her sons.
In the 1851 census for Richmond only 7 sons are listed (Craig Luke is missing) but living with the family is an Elizabeth Gill age 7. She is continues to be found with Edward Carscallen in the census records for 1861 and 1871, and is noted as a family member.


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I'm not exactly sure why someone who sits on a state legislature (where he represents about two and a half obscure rural counties out of 120 counties in the state) thinks that he can legislate what everyone in the world does, but
Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.
The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.
Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted. If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.
Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.
Ah, eastern Kentucky, home of one of this blog's all-time favorite criminals, the Duct Tape Bandit. LOL. That probably answers my original question in this thread.
Aside from the logistics, in that it is absolutely impossible for a state legislature to legislate the behavior of everyone on the internet – no matter how hard they may try – is this a good idea?
Even though I covered the Megan Meier controversy to a great degree, I think it is a horrible idea, and I'll tell you why.
What happened to Megan Meier was an anomaly. That poor young girl was mentally ill, as evidenced by the fact that she was prescribed not just anti-depressants, but also Geodon, an anti-psychotic. Her adult neighbor Lori Drew was well aware of this, so what she did to that child is absolutely unconscionable, whether one believes she is responsible for Megan's death or not.
While I realize there are people who have mental illnesses on the internet – and sometimes I wonder if the majority of people posting on the internet have a mental illness – the internet is not a nanny, nor should anyone expect it to be. It is also not a place for children, or the otherwise weak at heart. It is definitely rated "R", so no one who couldn't get into an R-rated movie shouldn't be here in the first place, unless they have parental guidance.
Some other parts of the internet are rated NC-17, some are rated X. With some websites, you don't even realize you are going to an X-rated site until you are already there (another problem, but responsible internet users simply don't click on unknown links in the first place).
I can write an article as ElfNinosGreatAuntTilley, and as long as I don't harm anyone in the process, it is not a crime for me to do that. The right to anonymity is a basic right. It is a right which I exercise everytime I log onto this blog. It is a right which I exercise in my personal life on a fairly regular basis. The fact of the matter is that no one is entitled to know my name, in real life or on the internet. I'm not doing anything wrong, and in fact I do a lot to help others in life, but I like my privacy.
Why do I think it is important for me to post under a pseudonym? There are several reasons, all of which I feel are perfectly valid.
I used to regularly bust scammers on Quatloos, cooperating with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to get these slimeballs behind bars where they belong, and in that capacity I angered some extremely dangerous people. Once I even angered a man who was a dirty ex-NYPD cop, and a former enforcer with the Colombo crime family (yes, the mafia). He had stolen millions from people in a scam wherein he pretended to be a loan company for people who can't get conventional loans, and he would charge them a large up-front fee. He did his best to ascertain my real identity, and made multiple threats of physical violence against me, including both murder and rape.
In a situation like that, I have two choices. I can either bust the guy under a pseudonym, and be able to sleep at night, or I can do so under my real name, and end up moving every few months. I choose to stay put.
As most of you are aware, I am a professional writer, and I write about true crime as well as criminology issues. However, I didn't sign up for the publicity which comes with that. I have a unique name, and I don't want people coming onto this blog to ask me the same questions I've been asked (and answered) a million times, and harassing my friends who visit this blog; yet I have every reason to believe they will do that, because that's what they did when I had a professional website. I just want to be me when I'm here, and I want others to feel comfortable posting here as well.
Tim Couch may not think those are valid reasons for me to not use my real name on the internet, and he's entitled to his opinion. At the same time, I didn't elect him, and I don't live in Kentucky, so his opinion could not possibly be more irrelevant to me.
The fact of the matter is that there are more than enough laws already on the books to handle any situation which might arise on the internet, regardless of whether the person is using their real name or a pseudonym. There are laws against stalking, harassment, obscenity, and other problems. Sure, it might not be easy to find the perpetrator, but it's not always easy to find perpetrators in real life either.
There are laws to cover what Lori Drew did to Megan Meier, too, if the authorities would use their heads. She could be charged under child abuse laws, stalking laws, harassment laws … the list goes on and on. I don't know why they decided to not charge her, but that doesn't mean she couldn't be charged if the prosecutor wanted to do so. Of course, now a federal grand jury is considering charges against her for wire fraud, since she used a false name on MySpace for the specific intention of stalking and harassing another person (though that's a Catch-22, since Megan Meier also falsified her age with her mother's permission, as she was otherwise too young to have a MySpace account). It's not a problem to use a false name in and of itself. It only becomes a problem when someone uses a false name in order to commit a crime, which is something the vast majority of people on the internet will never do.
So, in a nutshell, I think Kentucky State Representative Tim Couch needs to worry about things which are actually under his control. He is not in a position to legislate the internet, since he is just a state legislator. He has, like a typical politician, grabbed onto a controversial issue to get publicity. Even if his law passes, he is only giving his constituents a false sense of security on the internet since the law would not apply to anyone outside that state; he'd do a far greater service to his constituents if he introduced a bill to fund a public information program about the internet, or requiring that children in his state be educated about the dangers of the internet. He knows or should know that he has no jurisdiction to legislate the internet. If he doesn't know that, he isn't smart enough to be making laws in the first place.
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In her own words: living with generalized anxiety disorder
Joy, 48, has been married for 22 years and has a 16-year-old son. Although she has had several jobs throughout her life—licensed beautician, secretary, yoga instructor, writer—she is currently a homemaker and full-time mom. She has many hobbies, including making porcelain dolls, sewing, and cross-stitching. And she loves yoga.
What was your first sign that something was wrong? What symptoms did you experience?
When I was about 14 years old, I had a panic attack (mainly heart palpitations) and didn't know what was wrong with me. My mother called the doctor and he thought it was low blood sugar. He told her to give me half sugar and half orange juice. Well, by the time I finally got the juice down, the attack went away. Everyone thought that since that seemed to work, that must have been what was wrong. What none of us knew back then!
I remember once running up the stairs and my heart went racing so fast. I thought it was going to jump out of my chest. It would not calm down. Since then I have noticed that I have nervousness most all the time and sometimes depression.
What was the diagnosis experience like?
I've had several diagnoses in the last 34 years. It was pretty awful to go through all of it. It nearly destroyed my life, because back then, nobody knew what was wrong with me. My last diagnosis was generalized anxiety disorder, mildly depressed, and possibly a slight case of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
During the last diagnosing, it was somewhat comforting because they had me in a comfortable room with the lights low and that helped. The doctor seemed to be a caring person who asked me tons of questions. But I left exhausted.
What was your initial and then longer-term reaction to the diagnosis?
I wasn't surprised really. Because I have constant anxiety, even when I have good experiences. I believe it is due to my extreme highly sensitive nature, not necessarily stress. I think my anxiety is caused from my sensitiveness.
How do you manage generalized anxiety disorder?
A lot of different ways. I take medication to help manage the anxiety. And I go to therapy. Being able to talk through things has really helped. I have had this a long time...to be honest, all my life. I just didn't realize it. I have learned to do things for myself that help me feel better.
Did you have to make any lifestyle or dietary changes in response to having generalized anxiety disorder?
I do yoga, practice relaxation techniques—I had to learn "how" to do this. I attempt to change my self-talk and I believe in God. I am learning communication skills, taking assertiveness training, reading self help books. I am in the process of learning about how I am really feeling and being able to express it appropriately.
Nutrition is important too. I try to eat the right foods, drink as much water as I can, and take vitamins.
Did you seek any type of emotional support?
I used to go for therapy for years and I belonged to an anxiety support group. But I found I felt worse after I left than when I entered. The therapy was based on talking, not doing. It seemed like this group was not truly focused on the strategies as much as they are venting or complaining.
Although I think it's essential to vent once in awhile, you can't do it all the time. It just makes you relive the past all over again and never really moves you forward in the day. We have to learn to forgive the past and move on.
I have a couple of friends that I try to rely on, but they live in different states. It is very difficult to get the emotional comfort that I need when we are in different states. We have moved 11 times from state to state and it's almost impossible to make lasting friendships with people who you can honestly trust with your deep thoughts and hopes.
Does generalized anxiety disorder have an impact on your family?
Yes, some. I am better now than before, because I do work on it all the time. Because of the constant nervousness, it causes me problems that automatically cause them problems. It's hard to live a so-called "normal life" because I have to focus on my strategies to keep the nervousness down to a minimum. I believe my son has this too because he talks about being nervous all the time. He has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Asperger's syndrome, and pervasive development disorder.
What advice would you give to anyone living with GAD?
Do yoga—it's not just a religion, it's stretches tension out, and relaxes the body and mind. Believe in God and work on your self-talk. Play relaxing music in the background; it relaxes your mind automatically. Don't drink caffeine, smoke, or drink alcohol; these just make matters worse.
Take care of yourself and your inner dialoguing. And do something for others with your heart. Learn "how" to forgive and let go. Learn communication skills and NEVER give up trying to find new relaxing things for yourself.


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Phone: 438-384-6660
Website: www.leballpark.com
Licensed: Yes
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Wheelchair accessible: Three steps up
Vegetarian friendly: Limited
Open: Mon. — Sat. 4 p.m.-11 p.m., closed Sun. (until spring)
Price range: Appetizers $6-$15; balls $7, sides $3-$9, dessert $5
MONTREAL - When you go to a restaurant that specializes in meatballs, the jokes are just waiting to happen, intentionally or not.
"How many balls does a person need?" my friend wondered aloud as we looked at the menu at Le Ballpark. By "looked at the menu," I mean that one of us (me) walked over to the blackboard on other side of the room to see what was on offer, and took a snapshot to bring back to the table.
As this becomes an increasingly common dining out exercise, it won't be long before there's a menu-capture setting on mobile phones for just such occasions.
Opened in December on the edge of Little Italy, the corner room was cosy if uncrowded on a polar vortex night. To match their approachable concept of laid-back, communal comfort food, owners Guillaume Filion and Dominic St-Laurent have created a space with lots of potential to be welcoming.
The setting is a nice mix of darkness and wood and quirky-cute touches, like upside-down lamps on the ceiling, complete with electric cords snaking to central fixtures.
Having scored the hot seat, literally, I happily settled onto a curved-back park bench above a baseboard heater, warmth emanating over the small of my back through the wooden slats, like a heated car seat.
We got to work carving up an appetizer of American salad, fun off the bat for its presentation. Iceberg lettuce was sliced across to create a slab on which to put cubes of ham, bacon morsels, a halved hard-boiled egg, radish, tomato and scattered chives. Under cubes of blue cheese and a drizzle of creamy homemade ranch dressing, it had a refreshing crunch beneath pungent flavours. I'd definitely get it again.
French onion soup in a crock bowl was fairly standard, but I'd get it again too; importantly, the stock was hot all the way through under the bread cubes and melted cheese.
Partly because I was curious, partly because I wanted to say, "Give us all your balls," we asked for one of everything from the six different variations.
The meatballs came about three to an order, ideal for sharing between three of us. Most were tasty and enjoyable, even if none really knocked it out of the park in terms of originality.
Italian-style polpette, basking in a simple tomato sauce, came out tops. Savoury with herbs and riched up with ricotta cheese, the ground beef had a bit of bounce yet still some looseness to it. A close second were round fishcakes of flaked tilapia inside a nicely browned crust. And the house tartar sauce, creamy with chopped capers and pickles, proved again why it's a good friend of the deep fried. A spherical take on chicken divan scored some points for the hints of red pepper in the mix, and the added layer of blue cheese meets ranch dressing for complexity of taste.
Pork balls came on strong — the sweet and smoky barbecue sauce was heavy hitting — but were too dry and cloying to really win me. And by the time I got to the tasty minced lamb with gyro-style seasonings and tzatziki sauce and the falafel presented with minarets of hummus on top, there was a sense of feeding on the international hits without much of a twist. A little evolution would bring it all home, and make the dishes more specific to Le Ballpark.
For something on the side, braised fennel was a bonus. Tender to the fork, scattered with chopped walnuts, the slow-cooked anise sweetness playing off a hint of salty fishiness from anchovies. I liked it a lot, so much that I would have liked to see more fun veggies from the kitchen to balance the balls and the heavy items like mushroom risotto or fries.
The one dessert, an ice cream sandwich, could take different hues depending on the choice of filling. The construction of chocolate chip cookies, warmed to soft and gooey and filled with a layer of pistachio, was somehow a suitable sendoff for the weather.
My feeling was that Le Ballpark is still in spring training, making adjustments here and there.
It's clear that the team cares — for example, the cocktails (which run from a Caesar with an oyster and pickled celery to a bubbly Seelbach with Prosecco and Aperol) are actively being tweaked — and the owners are attentive to feedback from the communities it serves to make this work where previous occupant Zito e Mangia couldn't.
I hope to see it at the top of its game soon.
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My Princess, Zaiah, and Middle Man - Christmas 2013
Christmas Morning - 2013
Never in my thirty some years of life have I ever stayed home on Christmas Day...until this year. It was the best gift I could have been given and I am so thankful to my husband for making that decision for us. We took our time around our little tree opening our gifts, we made a big breakfast that everyone enjoyed, we spent almost the entire day in our PJs, we played games, watched a movie, and later on went to the movie theater to see Frozen. It was a pretty neat experience seeing a show on Christmas Day...maybe a tradition we will have to adopt. We came home and my husband fixed us a bbq rib dinner with garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli, and rolls. It was wonderful spending the day together, just us. I am looking forward to many more Christmas Days spent at home.


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Make Horsted Place your place for a night at the opera
Just a 15 minute drive from Glyndebourne, a stay at Horsted Place is the perfect arrangement
Summer Season
Our special two-night Glyndebourne Festival break offers guests the opportunity to enjoy a superb three-course dinner in our restaurant on the night they are not attending the opera. This two night Glyndebourne break is available on any two consecutive nights during the Glyndebourne Festival summer season - please quote our website when making your reservation.
Please note: During the summer Glyndebourne season Horsted Place, in common with many of the other hotels in the vicinity, is often unable to take reservations for one night only on a Saturday night. Returned tickets are sometimes available.
Please visit the Glyndebourne website for more information.
Autumn Season
The less well known, but great value, touring season starts in Glyndebourne each year before visiting other parts of the country. Please visit the Glyndebourne website for latest information about the Autumn 2020 season.


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- Use: Captures a target up to 25 yards away in a net for 3 sec. Unreliable against targets higher than level 72
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Use the Netherweave Net to capture a target! It can be tailored by having the requisite pattern as well as 3x [Netherweave Cloth].
The pattern can be trained from a Timbermaw Hold NPC once Friendly reputation has been attained, though it can also be learned at 300 skill from Hama in Honor Hold, and from Dalinna in Thrallmar.


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Between the lockout and new CBA performance has suffered. Our issues are fundamentals such as blocking and tackling. Now back in the days Noll and Cower would have had full weeks of padded practices to make up for the deficiencies. As it stands now you have to practice in shorts and have limited contact.
Would more padded practices help all our problems? No, but it would of help shore up a lot. You can preach fundamentals all you want but unless you practicing with full contact its not going to improve performance. Coaches are going to have to be creative in teaching the skills and make sure it sinks in, also making sure you use the most out of the time you are practicing in pads. Its not just the Steelers I've seen tons of missed tackles across the league.


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TVGuide.com users have named their favorite new show!
Fall TV: Get the lowdown on this season's must-see new showsOver the past several weeks, we've conducted a series of polls in our Fall TV Popularity Contest , asking users which shows they liked and which they didn't. The competition was fierce, but a champion has emerged: the CW's Arrow!The superhero drama, which stars Stephen Amell as a billionaire playboy-turned-hooded vigilante crime-fighter, received a whopping 81 percent approval rating from TVGuide.com users. The CW has already ordered a full season of the show.
Fall TV: See the 18 stars to keep your eyes on this yearNipping right at Arrow's heels were NBC's blackout drama Revolution and CBS' Sherlock Holmes update Elementary, both of which have also received full-season pickups. Revolution, which stars Tracy Spiridakos, Billy Burke and Giancarlo Esposito, scored a 71 percent approval rating while the Jonny Lee Miller- and Lucy Liu-fronted Elementary scored 69 percent.Also putting up a strong showing: ABC's Last Resort (67 percent) and Malibu Country (66 percent), NBC's Go On (62 percent) and CBS' Vegas (61 percent).
Check out all the familiar faces returning to TV this yearOn the other end of the spectrum, the most disliked new show of the fall season was ABC's The Neighbors, which earned 55 percent of negative votes. Also receiving mostly negative votes were NBC's Guys with Kids (52 percent) and Animal Practice (51 percent), Fox's The Mindy Project (48 percent), CBS' Partners (48 percent) and Fox's Ben and Kate (47 percent). Among these, Neighbors, Mindy and Ben and Kate have been picked up for full seasons while Animal Practice has already been pulled from the schedule.What do you think of the results? See the full rankings below. Did our users get it right?1. Arrow (CW)2. Revolution (NBC)3. Elementary (CBS)4. Last Resort (ABC)5. Malibu Country (ABC)6. Go On (NBC)7. Vegas (CBS)8. Chicago Fire (NBC)9. Nashville (ABC)10. The New Normal (NBC)11. Beauty and the Beast (CW)12. The Mob Doctor (Fox)13. 666 Park Avenue (ABC)14. The Mindy Project (Fox) 14. Partners (CBS)16. Guys with Kids (NBC)17. Animal Practice (NBC)17. Emily Owens, M.D. (CW)17. Made in Jersey (CBS)20. Ben and Kate (Fox)21. The Neighbors (ABC)


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NEW YORK - Every dog has its book deal.
Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier who appeared in the Oscar-winning "The Artist," has a memoir coming. Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Friday that "Uggie: My Story" will come out in October. His tale of tails will be transcribed by biographer and presumed dog whisperer Wendy Holden.
Uggie's other films include "The Descendants" and "Water for Elephants" so look for the inside doggie dish on George Clooney, Reese Witherspoon and others.


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Nearly every surfer has experienced the sensation: pinned to the ocean bottom, trying to swim for the surface, desperate for a few quick gasps of air to avoid what might happen if they don't. It's a scary moment and therefore, a tough time to stay composed — even the pros say so. According to Kurt Krack, who teaches a surf survival course around breath holding, composure is key. While on the North Shore, six Oakley surfers took part in Krack's two-day course to better prepare themselves for the type of hold-downs and life-threatening situations that come with competitive surfing and freesurfing waves like Teahupoo, Pipeline, Jaws and many of the other heavy-water breaks around the world.
During the course, the crew of guys — which ranged from big-wave surfers Danny Fuller and Rico Jimenez to WCT vets Melling and Tommy Whitaker to upcoming pros Eric Geiselman and Thomas Woods — learned the science of how the body is affected by a lack of CO2 and then got in the pool to put into action their live-saving education. As you'll see, learning to stay submerged for upwards of four or five minutes isn't a feat strictly for NAVY Seals — one of the guys added almost four minutes to how long he could hold his breath based on what he learned and applied.


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Bush administration wants cut in protection for spotted owl
Proposal would trim preserved habitat
The Bush administration proposed Tuesday to reduce by one-fifth the Pacific Northwest acreage protected as "critical habitat" for the spotted owl, arguing that the reductions will "maximize the efficiency" of blocks of land set aside for the imperiled bird.
The move would conform with a broader trend documented Tuesday by an environmental group's analysis of 25 earlier Bush administration decisions on habitat protections for endangered species. In those cases, the protected areas were reduced an average of 36 percent, said the Center for Biological Diversity.
Five of those animals lost the extra protections on more than half the acreage originally protected.
The proposed spotted owl habitat rollback "is typical of an administration that is looking to reduce protections for endangered species at every turn," said Noah Greenwald, the group's representative in the Northwest.
Many of those earlier decisions -- like the Bush proposal Tuesday -- resulted from lawsuits filed by industry that the Bush administration settled out of court, agreeing to the industry's demands.
"In these sweetheart deals, the administration settles the lawsuit and, at the industry's wishes, reduces the critical habitat," Greenwald said. "This is really no exception to that pattern."
The administration's proposal to reduce the protected owl habitat comes weeks after -- and is based on -- a proposed recovery plan for the owl altered by a high-level team of Bush administration appointees in Washington, D.C., including a former timber-industry lobbyist.
That D.C. team overruled a group of Northwest scientists and others who had produced a recovery plan for the owl for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Next month the administration is expected to propose reductions in owl protections on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon.
"They're all hooked together," said Kristen Boyles, a Seattle-based attorney with the Earthjustice law firm. "There's no scientific justification for this."
When land is designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act, anyone wishing to log in the area or otherwise disturb it faces an extra hurdle in getting the project approved.
The administration's 115-page owl habitat proposal released Tuesday said it "attempts to maximize the efficiency of a network of habitat blocks by making use of existing land allocations that benefit the conservation of the spotted owl."
It would reduce the 6.9 million acres designated for the extra protection in 1992 to 5.4 million acres.
Joan Jewett, a spokeswoman for the Fish and Wildlife Service in Portland, said, "The intention is to define what is necessary to conserve and recover the owl, and nothing more."
She emphasized that the "critical habitat" label under the Endangered Species Act does not render a piece of land inviolate, but merely elevates the review requirements used by the agency. It would still be illegal to harm spotted owls by, say, cutting down the tree where a pair nests.
The plan seeks to protect big chunks of land with at least 20 nesting pairs of spotted owls and to ensure they are no farther apart than 12 miles. That's about how far the owls are likely to fly over unsuitable habitat to breed with other owl populations, scientists say, helping preserve genetic diversity that allows owls to withstand a changing environment. (Smaller chunks of land with fewer than 20 nesting pairs should be no farther than seven miles from other protected areas, under the rules used to lay out the newly proposed designations.)
Some reductions also resulted from mapping techniques that have improved since the areas were first designated in 1992, the Fish and Wildlife Service said.
"We didn't look at the '92 designation and say, 'What can we take away?' " Jewett said. "We built it from the ground up (and) said, what does the owl need? This is the best understanding of the current science."
Timber industry officials have pushed to reduce the amount of land with the "critical habitat" designation. An industry representative Tuesday charged that environmentalists are trying to confuse the public about what's at stake.
"If some want to continue to use the owl as a surrogate for other social and political means, we're going to continue to have this controversy," said Chris West, vice president of the Portland-based American Forest Resource Council.
"They still want owls to be the surrogate for zero cut on public lands."
West said environmentalists are forgetting another major threat to the owls -- forests left overstocked with trees after a century of fire suppression. Those could flare into unnaturally intense fires that leave no habitat behind, he said, but that fate could be averted with careful logging.
"We're not talking about clearcutting old-growth," West said. "I'm being upfront with you. The timber industry wants to live and work alongside the owl. If we don't, our livelihood goes down the drain because of the big fist of the (Endangered Species Act.)"
The reductions in protection in the proposal would be mostly in Oregon and California. But two big chunks of old-growth forest would be opened up to logging on the Olympic Peninsula, where the owls are faring worse than almost anyplace else.
There and elsewhere, spotted owls face competition from barred owls, an aggressive competitor from the East, as well as the legacy of massive clearcuts dating to the 1980s and early 1990s.
"The (spotted) owls are getting hammered by barred owls over there and if you want to stabilize that, the worst thing you can do is draw down habitat," said Dominick DellaSala, an environmental scientist tapped by the Fish and Wildlife Service for the Northwest-based owl recovery team.
"When a species is facing multiple threats, it needs more habitat -- not less."
The spotted owl became a flash point in the timber wars between environmentalists and loggers after it was declared a threatened species in 1990, primarily because of heavy logging in old-growth forests where it nests and feeds.
Under court order, timber production on national forests in Washington, Oregon and Northern California was cut by more than 80 percent in 1994 to protect owl habitat, contributing to mill closures and job losses that were particularly painful in rural areas with no other industry.
Since then, the Northwest economy has turned to other industries, particularly high tech, retirement and tourism, but some rural areas continue to struggle.
Boyles, the Seattle lawyer, predicted that the newly proposed habitat rule would be successfully challenged by environmentalists in court if it is not changed by the time it becomes final next year.
"Pick your favorite metaphor -- is this a house of cards being built for habitat protection, or is it a series of dominoes that's going to fall?" she said.


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John Deere says its new SeedStar XP monitoring system provides more real-time information about planter performance and seed placement to the operator in the tractor cab than its previous SeedStar 2 did.
The system is compatible with GreenStar 2 and features a full-color planting monitor or can be integrated with an existing GreenStar 2 display. SeedStar2 uses a series of row-unit sensor nodes and downforce sensors configured to the specific model of planter.
"Ultimately, the SeedStar XP monitoring system helps ensure that every seed is planted to the correct depth and spacing within the seed furrow across the entire field. Tests show that the system helps producers save planting time and seed while maximizing yields," says Chris Savener, John Deere Seeding project manager, planters.
Other enhancements to the system include seed singulation and seed spacing monitoring, row-unit downforce monitoring and adjustment, row-unit ride quality monitoring, and overall row-unit and planter performance monitoring. SeedStar XP has split-screen applications for planting and guidance.
SeedStar XP will only be available on John Deere 770NT, 1770NT CCS, 1790 and DB series planters. The system is integrated and compatible with other Ag Management System products such as Swath Control Pro for planters, GreenStar AutoTrac assisted steering, and Apex farm management software.
The system retails for $2,400 to $5,600, depending upon the model and size. For more information, visit www.johndeere.com.


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Dementium Developer Reveals Moon
Previously known under the code name "Project M", Moon situates players on the empty, cold surface of the moon in the year 2058, where scientists discover a sealed alien hatch during the construction of a lunar base.
"Moon is dark, twisted, heart pounding, frequently violent and always disturbing," said Mastiff CEO Bill Swartz. "Pretty much what you'd expect when you take madmen like Renegade Kid, jack their technology up to the next level, and turn them loose."
A teaser trailer was also released, but due to technical issues, Shacknews is unable to post it at this time. In its place, please accept a number of captures from said trailer.
Moon utilizes the developer's Renegade Engine for its 3D graphics, previously seen in Dementium: The Ward. A release date was not announced.


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This started at the end of last football season, when the Bears lost to the Green Bay Packers and allowed them to become the wild card.
Last week, the Cubs had the St. Louis Cardinals by the throat in game 2 of their last series together, and... well you remember the Carlos Marmol meltdown.
One more loss for the Redbirds and they wouldn't be dancing in the streets in St. Louis like they were last night.
Now the Cardinals are playing for a championship.
I got a text from Sutter last night telling me to turn on my tv.
I only saw about 5 minutes last night, but it was absolute baseball history with Atlanta losing, the Red Sox losing, and the Tampa Bay Rays winning.
In those 5 minutes the Cardinals and the Rays overcame impossible odds to become wild card teams.
You guys know I'm crazy with work so I can't dwell, but damn last night was one amazing night of baseball.
And somebody tell Bud Selig he ought to add a couple more wild card teams to the playoff system because I mean REALLY, baseball is so boring as it is right now...


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All set up and ready to go when I arrived but the players seemed to take an age to come out. Masses of other watchers also lined up inside to watch.More than usual so I expect Inside City will tell us why tomorrow. The regular day before a game was the training plan today with two sets of 5 a side nets plus big nets to score in but first it was all about some fitness routines.
20 players there today and the most notable early thing was that Micah didn't take part in any of the fitness routines as he had a long chat with the boss.He eventually joined in when they were doing keep ball circles.The spirit in the group was great as I could tell when the keep ball circles were done right under my nose.CT,SN,AK full of chat and arguments when told it was them to go in the middle.JL as ever could be heard but I still don't think I have heard a sound from Nasti!
Then onto a pass/move session.Always good to see players giving passing options and also to see the pressing and anticipation of passes when on the defensive side of things.I know he gets stick but Javi looked good as he often does with his reading of the game and simple passing.Then into the game with different sized nets and ,as he always seems to Micah scored the only headed goal.Rodders and Edin scored in the 5 a side nets.Then it was a short game with just 1 set of 5 a side nets and Carlos got the only goal.
Time now for a full game on half a pitch and a bus load from Teeside turned up to watch training and hopefully get autographs. All over the trees and fencing.Bit strange really as only a few were City fans but they all wanted autographs.The game was full on and :
Milner headed wide from a corner
Silva hit a post
zaba hit the bar with a header from a Clichy cross
Carlos scored (mackem teesiders were talking so I was distracted!)
Costel saved with his feet from Carlos
AK cleaned out Milner and then Garcia
Massive handball shout on Kolo when he blocked an AK cross
but it ended with that one goal. Micah and Vinnie stayed for some extra work and AK and SS stayed for some shooting as I think did Clichy. Now off to Hyde for the under 21's game v Norwich.


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Last Saturday, against Columbus Grove, Pandora-Gilboa's Megan Maag pounded her 1,000th kill!
She is the first player to achieve 1,000 kills at Pandora-Gilboa. Maag plans to attend college and play volleyball, but hasn't decided where yet.
. Congrats Megan Maag, and good luck the rest of your career!
Pandora-Gilboa's Megan Maag reaches 1,000 kill mark!
Started by NW Ohio Guy, Oct 07 2013 09:16 PM
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Congrats! One of the best players in the state!
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